Centre For Marketing Research (C-MR)

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Background of C-MR

Marketing research is unarguably marketing’s most important task. Today marketers not only view research as a key ingredient in making marketing decisions they also consider information to be a critical factor in gaining advantage over competitors. Because organizations recognize the power information has in helping create and maintain products that offer value, there is an insatiable appetite to gain even more insight into customers and markets. Marketers in nearly all industries are expected to direct more resources to gathering, analyzing and presenting information especially in highly competitive local as well as global markets.

At CKSVIM with a purpose to enhance the knowledge and to understand practical aspects of marketing research, we have taken up a project on “Price Comparison of Ayurvedic Medicines with other Allopathic Medicines”. The project is through Gujarat Technological University under the World Marketing Summit (WMS) initiative of World's most influential marketer Professor Philip Kotler with the mission of creating a Better World through Marketing under the banner of 'WMS Company Ltd.'. Professor Kotler deliberated the concept of incubator and partnered renowned universities of the world who have taken this mammoth task of making the world better through marketing. As India has been assigned ‘Health’ as a topic for incubation and establishing KCME, GTU has taken initiative for the same.

With this project and aim to bringing many such projects to the credit of CKSVIM, the institute has recently set up a Centre for Marketing Research. The centre will provide the forum where knowledge and understanding of marketing is transformed into practical understanding of the marketing practices through research. This helps to bridge the academia-industry gap in various areas of marketing like brand management, services and relationship marketing, advertising and promotion management, distribution management, online marketing and so on.

Objectives of the Centre for Marketing Research:

To bridge the academia-industry gap through quality projects in marketing research.

To conduct seminar/conferences/workshops/FDP, etc. with a view to appraise students, new faculty and end-user (industry) members with the latest trends in areas of mutual interest.

To provide consultancy to National and International organizations in Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Corporate, Government and Non-Government sectors.

To generate surplus after first year of operations, i.e. from Financial Year 2013-14.

The following team of mentors will work for the centre of marketing research.

Dr. Kunjal Sinha, Associate Professor, CKSVIM – Chief Mentor

Mr. Ankit Shah, Assistant Professor, CKSVIM - Coordinator

Ms. Hetal Thakar, Assistant Professor, CKSVIM

The Chief Mentor/ Coordinator shall report to the Director of CKSVIM, who shall provide the necessary guidance and support to the Centre.